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• Bernier's Teal Anas bernieri

  

  Bernier’s Teal is a duck of brackish lakes and wetlands in western Madagascar. It forms pairs in the breeding season and small groups at other times.

• Cape Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris

  The Cape Long-billed Lark is about 20–24 cm long. It lives among coastal dunes and nearby low vegetation on South Africa's southwestern coast.

• Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis

  The Spotted Owl is a large owl of western North American forests. It silently hunts small mammals at night.

• Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis

  A cuckoo that may fan its tail. It searches for insects on the ground and lays eggs in other birds’ nests in Australia.

• Aberdare Cisticola Cisticola aberdare

  This small cisticola lives in Kenya’s highland grassland and moorland. It builds a ball-shaped nest among grass tussocks.

• Javan Fulvetta Alcippe pyrrhoptera

  This small bird lives in evergreen broadleaf forest in western and central Java. It has a brown crown and back, rufous-chestnut rump and wings, and eats insects.

• Principe Thrush Turdus xanthorhynchus

  The Príncipe Thrush is recorded on Príncipe Island, São Tomé and Príncipe. Its account describes a white, streaked throat; field records include both primary forest and mature secondary forest.

• Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata

  This small bird lives in grassland and scrub in southeastern Australia. It feeds on the ground on grass seeds and insects, and has a gray back, white underside, and red rump.

• Malay Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron malacense

  The Malay Peacock-pheasant is a pheasant whose male has a showy crest and eye-like markings on its wings. It lives in damp forests of the Malay Peninsula.

• Fiery-browed Starling Enodes erythrophris

  A starling endemic to Sulawesi, marked by an orange-red stripe past the eye and a golden-yellow rump.

• Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

  This swallow flies over open habitats in South America and beyond. Its back is glossy dark blue and its belly white; in Argentina it catches insects over forests and water.

• Iiwi Vestiaria coccinea

  The iiwi is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Its vermilion-and-black plumage and long, deeply curved bill are distinctive. It feeds on flower nectar in mountain forest, and most of the current population is on Hawaiʻi, Maui and Kauaʻi.

• Philippine Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus philippensis

  The Philippine Hawk-Eagle is a forest eagle found only on Luzon. Adults have a long black crest and rufous underparts marked with dark streaks.

• Gilbert's Honeyeater Melithreptus chloropsis

  This honeyeater inhabits the wetter forests of southwestern Western Australia. Adults have pale bare skin around the eye and feed on nectar and insects.

• Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus

  The Chestnut-capped Blackbird lives in South American wetlands. The male has a black body with a rufous-brown head, neck, and chest; the female is olive-brown with black streaks.

• Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla rufosuperciliata

  This foliage-gleaner lives in moist mountain forest and tall secondary growth on the eastern Andes of Bolivia. Its buff eyebrow and streaked underside help identify it.

• Javan Kingfisher Halcyon cyanoventris

  This kingfisher is endemic to Java and Bali. Its blue head and wings and large red bill stand out, and it searches for prey in farms and parks as well as near water.

• Rufous-rumped Seedeater Sporophila hypochroma

  The Rufous-rumped Seedeater is a small bird whose male has a gray head and back with chestnut throat and underparts. In Argentina, it breeds in tall, humid grassland.

• Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope

  It breeds in Siberia and eastern Asia and migrates south. Hong Kong records are from autumn passage and winter.

• Galapagos Crake Laterallus spilonota

  The Galapagos Crake is a ground-living bird endemic to the islands and now found in the highlands of the major islands. It turns leaf litter for insects and seeds and is a poor flier.

• Subtropical Doradito Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis

  This small tyrant flycatcher has been recorded in the Argentine Pampas. It is olive above and yellow below; males have narrow, pointed flight feathers.

• Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleii

  The Andaman Treepie is found only in the Andaman Islands. It has a large white wing patch and a long black tail, and is seen in small groups.

• Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus

  The Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot is a small parrot of Southeast Asian forests. The sexes differ in their blue and red head markings, and the bird may rest hanging upside down from a branch.

• Reunion Bulbul Hypsipetes borbonicus

  The Reunion Bulbul is a forest bird endemic to Réunion. Its gray-black plumage contrasts with a bright orange bill and legs, and it has a crest. It eats fruit and insects.